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A  CHICAGO  NEED  AND  HOW 
TO  MEET  IT 


JAMES    H.    ECKELS 


[*     MAR  25  1911 


JCAL  StUv! 

A  Chicago  Need  and  How 
To  Meet  It 


PREPARED   BY      A^> 

EDWIN  BURRITX  SMITH 
HORACE  MANN'STARKEY 
WILLIAM  PRATT  SIDLEY 


PUBLISHED  BY 

THE  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 
OF  CHICAGO 

1900 


ilfje  ?Lakt0itif  ^rrss 

R.  R.  DONNELLEY  &  SONS  COMPANY 
CHICAGO 


CONTEiNTS 

PAGE 

THE   PROBLEM   STATED       -               -               -               -               -  -      II 

PROGRESS   IN   ITS   SOLUTION    -               -               -               -               -  17 

THE   PLAN   OUTLINED           -               -               -               -               -  -      20 

GENERAL   DEPARTMENTS           -----  23 

RAILROAD   DEPARTMENTS                -               -               -               -  -      28 

STUDENT   DEPARTMENT              -----  30 

A    LOOK  AHEAD        -               -               -               -               -               -  "33 

APPENDIX   A         -               -               -               -               -               -               -  37 

APPENDIX   B                -               -               -               -               -               -  -      49 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 

PAGE 

JAMES  H.  ECKELS         ....        Frontispiece 

ASSOCIATION   BUILDING      -                -               -               -  -               "I? 

WEST   SIDE    DEPARTMENT   BUILDING                 -               -  -             20 

HYDE   PARK   DEPARTMENT   BUILDING      -               -  "               -23 

RAVENSWOOD   DEPARTMENT   BUILDING          -               -  -             26 

DEARBORN    STATION   R.   R.   DEPARTMENT   BUILDING  -               -      28 
CHICAGO   &   NORTH-WESTERN   R.    R.   DEPARTMENT   BUILDING      30 

GRAND   TRUNK   RY.   SYSTEM    DEPARTMENT   BUILDING  -               -      33 

PENNSYLVANIA   LINES   DEPARTMENT   BUILDING       -  -             37 

ATHLETIC   FIELD                    -               -               -               -  -               "44 

PRESENT   BOARD   OF   MANAGERS           -               -               -  -             5I 

PRESENT  ADVISORY    MANAGERS                   -               -  -               '      S^ 

PRESENT   BOARD   OF  TRUSTEES             -               -               -  -             66 

EMPLOYED   OFFICERS          -               -               -               -  -               "72 


THE    PROBLEM    STATED 

" — a  time  like  this  demands 
Strong  minds,  great  hearts,  true  faith,  and  ready  hands; 
Men  whom  the  lust  of  office  does  not  kill; 

Men  whom  the  spoils  of  office  cannot  buy; 
Men  who  possess  opinions  and  a  will; 

Men  who  have  honor,  men  who  will  not  lie." 

— J.  G.  Holland. 

A  visitor  to  northern  New  Hampshire,  noting  the 
thin  soil,  asked  of  a  farmer,  "What  do  you  raise  here?" 
The  prompt  reply  was,  "We  raise  men."  The  true 
test  by  which  to  measure  any  community  is  the  quality 
of  its  manhood.  Happy  it  is  if  it  may  say,  "We  raise 
men."  Not  only  this,  the  progress  of  a  community 
in  civilization  is  measured  by  the  ideal  of  manhood  it 
cherishes.  If  it  chiefly  regards  what  one  has,  the  posi- 
tion he  occupies,  the  house  and  street  wherein  he 
dwells,  its  aims  are  material.  If  it  mainly  esteems 
what  he  is,  its  ideals  are  spiritual. 

James  Russell  Lowell,  in  his  splendid  defense  of 
democracy,  pronounced  in  the  presence  of  the  most 
aristocratic  society  in  the  world,  acknowledged  the 
test  of  the  success  of  democratic  institutions  to  be  the 
quality  of  the  men  they  produce.  To  this  test  he  sub- 
jects American  democracy,  and  concludes,  "Institu- 
tions which  could  bear  and  breed  such  men  as  Lincoln 
and  Emerson  had  surely  some  energy  for  good." 

The  great  work  in  America  until  our  day  was  to 
occupy  a  continent.      For  two  hundred  and  fifty  years 


12  A  Chicago  Need 

" — the  need  that  pressed  sorest 
Was  to  vanquish  the  seasons,  the  ocean,  the  forest." 

The  work  of  our  ancestors  was  pioneer  work.  It 
was  their  great  task  to  fill  vast  spaces,  people  a  conti- 
nent, establish  free  institutions.  This  called  for  rugged 
and  venturesome  rather  than  highly  trained  men.  We, 
the  heirs  of  their  achievements,  have  to  meet  other 
conditions.  We  have  entered  upon  times  in  which 
success  is  less  easy.  The  race  is  more  closely  con- 
tested. It  is  no  longer  merely  to  the  strong,  but  to 
the  highly  trained  man — above  all,  to  the  man  of 
character. 

We  are  in  the  midst  of  mighty  material  changes. 
The  recent  development  of  transportation  facilities 
alone  has  transformed  the  world.  No  community  is 
now  self-centered.  No  society  can  long  remain  pro- 
vincial. Individual,  even  national,  fragmentary  efforts 
are  giving  way  to  race  and  world  achievements. 

These  changes  have  resulted  in  louder  and  more 
imperative  calls  for  men.  Indeed,  the  great  need  of 
our  time  is  men — men  of  better  training,  men  of 
steadier  habits,  men  of  higher  character.  We  must 
have  farmers  of  greater  intelligence  to  produce  what 
the  world  now  requires.  We  need  artisans  who  can 
be  trusted  to  do  exact  and  honest  work,  machinists 
who  can  safely  operate  the  most  complicated  and  pow- 
erful machinery,  engineers  who  have  the  nerve  and 
skill  to  propel  heavy  trains  eighty  miles  an  hour.  We 
must  have  civil,  mining,  and  electrical  engineers,  doc- 
tors, surgeons,  counsel,  advocates  of  constantly  higher 
skill.  We  must  have  teachers  who  can  master  and 
communicate  increasing  stores  of  knowledge.  We 
must  have  preachers  who  can  apprehend  and  proclaim 
the  essentials  of  a  universal  faith.     We  must  have,  in 


The  Problem  Stated  13 

lieu  of  the  authors  and  poets  who  have  spoken  for  iso- 
lated peoples,  prophets  who  can  voice  the  aspirations 
of  a  race. 

That  these  new  demands  are  being  in  some  measure 
met  there  is  abundant  evidence.  The  vast  material 
changes  of  our  time  bear  witness  to  the  increasing 
capacity  of  the  men  behind  them.  That  our  farmers 
and  horticulturists  are  meeting  the  demands  now  made 
upon  them  is  shown  by  the  better  quality  and  larger 
variety  of  our  food  supply.  That  our  shops  contain 
men  capable  of  exact  and  honest  work  is  evidenced 
by  the  voyage  of  the  Oregon  and  her  readiness  for 
service  on  arriving  at  her  destination.  That  their  great 
forces  of  men  are  skilled  and  of  steady  habits  appears 
from  the  splendid  efficiency  of  our  railroads.  That 
invention  and  skill  are  increasingly  active  forces 
among  us  is  proved  by  our  mechanical  and  industrial 
progress.  That  our  laboratories  and  observatories 
are  efficiently  manned  is  made  clear  by  the  discoveries 
of  science  and  their  wide  application.  That  the  call 
to  teach  is  heeded  among  us  is  indicated  by  the  splen- 
did development  of  our  educational  facilities.  That  our 
pulpits  are  manned  by  preachers  who  are  meeting  the 
demands  of  the  time  is  witnessed  by  the  growing 
directness,  sincerity,  and  unity  of  our  faith.  That  we 
are  to  have  poets  and  prophets  to  voice  world-wide 
aspirations  and  ideals  we  have  faith  to  believe. 

It,  however,  remains  true  that  the  demand  is  for 
men.  The  vast  activities  of  to-day  call  for  men  of 
higher  training  and  better  character  than  ever  before. 
The  farmer  who  once  raised  but  little  more  than  his 
family  required,  has  given  place  to  men  who  supply 
the  wants  of  vast  urban  populations.  It  is  said  that 
four   men   can   now  make  as  much  salt  in  a   day  as 


14  A  Chicago  Need 

required  the  toil  of  forty  a  few  years  ago;  but  the  four 
must  be  better  men  than  those  whom  they  succeed. 
The  industries  once  carried  on  in  small  shops  by  jour- 
neymen of  little  skill,  often  of  drinking  habits,  have 
given  place  to  great  establishments,  operated  by  skilled 
mechanics  of  steady  habits  and  capacity  for  the  high- 
est cooperation.  The  rough  drivers  of  stage  coaches 
and  wagons  have  retired  in  favor  of  multitudes  of 
skilled  railroad  operatives.  The  teacher  who  carried 
a  whip  in  one  hand  and  a  spelling-book  in  the  other 
has  been  replaced  by  the  man  of  training  and  original 
investigation.  The  minister  who  occupied  a  single 
pulpit  for  a  lifetime  as  a  matter  of  course  has  made 
way  for  the  preacher  who  holds  his  place  on  his  merits 
until  invited  to  a  position  of  more  commanding  influ- 
ence. 

It  is  yet  true,  however,  that  the  demand  for  men 
exceeds  the  supply.  The  lack  of  men  of  tried  capa- 
city and  character  is  such  that  all  over  the  land  great 
posts  are  inefificiently  filled  or  even  vacant.  In  every 
city  leading  pulpits  are  unoccupied.  A  dozen  univer- 
sities and  colleges  seek,  almost  in  vain,  for  properly 
qualified  presidents.  In  great  industries,  on  railroads, 
in  stores,  for  the  school,  the  college,  the  university,  to 
man  the  pulpit,  the  editorial  room,  the  study,  for 
original  research  and  discovery  —  especially  where 
executive  work  is  to  be  done — the  demand  is  for  qual- 
ified men.  Every  vacancy  filled  means  the  creation 
of  a  new  one  next  below. 

We  do  not  yet  sufficiently  appreciate  this  increased 
and  ever-increasing  demand  for  men.  If  past  achieve- 
ments are  to  be  held,  if  they  are  to  be  the  basis  for 
further  achievement,  this  demand  must  be  met.  And 
it  must  be  met,  if  at  all,  from  the  ranks  of  young  men. 


The  Problem  Stated  15 

The  school,  the  college,  and  the  university  are  strain- 
ing every  nerve  to  do  their  part.  Their  great  work  is, 
and  indeed  must  be,  mental  training.  This,  though 
vital,  is  not  enough.  With  mental  training  must  go 
hand  in  hand  physical,  social,  and  spiritual  culture. 

Professor  Woodrow  Wilson,  after  speaking  of  the 
scientific  spirit  of  the  age  and  its  great  service  to  the 
world,  says:  "Science  has  not  changed  the  laws  of 
social  growth  or  betterment.  Science  has  not  changed 
the  nature  of  society,  has  not  made  history  a  whit 
easier  to  understand,  human  nature  a  whit  easier  to 
reform.  It  has  won  for  us  a  great  liberty  in  the  phys- 
ical world,  a  liberty  from  superstitious  fear  and  from 
disease,  a  freedom  to  use  nature  as  a  familiar  servant; 
but  it  has  not  freed  us  from  ourselves.  It  has  not 
purged  us  of  passion  or  disposed  us  to  virtue.  It  has 
not  made  us  less  covetous  or  less  ambitious  or  less 
self-indulgent." 

While  this  is  all  true,  the  means  of  spiritual  growth 
are  relatively  not  less  than  heretofore.  The  contrast 
is  still  between  what  men  have  and  what  they  are. 
It  is  yet  the  chief  aspiration  of  some  to  get,  of  others 
to  be.  Material  development  and  spiritual  growth 
continue  on  parallel  lines.  Indeed,  the  achievement 
of  something  above  bare  existence  is  necessary  to  any 
general  cultivation  of  the  arts  of  life.  The  largest 
possible  employment  of  the  people  in  productive 
enterprises  is  the  surest  guaranty  that  they  will  also 
cultivate  the  things  of  the  spirit. 

Along  with  material  growth  has  gone  the  develop- 
ment of  the  means  to  higher  ends.  Among  these  is 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  At  the  end 
of  a  half-century  of  experience,  trial,  growth  it  stands 
prepared   to   do  for  young  men  what  the  home  and 


1 6  A  Chicago  Need 

school  cannot  do.  Without  question  or  controversy, 
it  assumes  the  essential  truths  of  Christianity;  with 
a  practical  wisdom  which  is  characteristic  of  our  time, 
it  adopts  methods  which  are  applicable  to  universal 
needs;  with  a  zeal  born  of  love  for  God  and  men,  it 
extends  its  work  to  every  land,  to  every  city,  to  every 
institution  of  higher  learning,  to  all  classes  of  young 
men.  It  has  already  reached  a  position  of  command- 
ing influence  wherever  Christian  men  seek  to  extend 
the  kingdom  of  God.  By  the  voluntary  action  of  its 
local  bodies  to  promote  a  common  purpose,  by  means 
of  state,  international,  and  world  federations,  it  has 
become  a  world-wide  brotherhood  of  Christian  men. 

The  Chicago  association  two  years  ago  issued 
a  brief  history  of  its  then  forty  years  of  service  for 
young  men.  It  is  the  purpose  of  this  little  book 
briefly  to  suggest  the  story  of  the  past  two  years  of 
local  association  work.  This  story,  though  inade- 
quately told,  can  hardly  fail  of  interest  and  signifi- 
cance to  all  who  cherish  high  ideals  of  Christian  man- 
hood which  they  desire  to  see  held  aloft  in  our  city 
and  realized  in  the  lives  of  individual  men. 


ASSOCIATION    BUILDING 
Home  of  the  Central  Department 


PROGRESS   IN    ITS   SOLUTION 

"The  needs  here  indicated  mark  the  splendid  oppor- 
tunities of  the  Chicago  association  on  its  fortieth  anni- 
versary. Opportunities  so  important  and  so  inspiring 
have  come  to  the  association  because  it  has  kept  the 
faith  of  its  earlier  years.  The  builders  of  Chicago  feel 
that  the}'  are  citizens  of  no  mean  city.  Measured  by 
its  material  achievements,  its  institutions  of  learning, 
its  temples  of  art,  its  altars  of  religion,  by  all  that 
makes  for  progress  and  righteousness,  Chicago  is 
already  an  imperial  city.  Among  the  powerful  forces 
that  through  all  these  years  have  contributed  to  ground 
its  higher  life  on  sound  Christian  principles,  none  has 
done  more  than  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion. Among  the  constant  influences  that  tend  to 
make  those  who  are  to  shape  and  control  the  future 
of  Chicago  men  of  high  Christian  character  and  pur- 
pose, none  promises  m.ore  than  the  established  and 
tried  institution  having  its  center  in  the  noble  building 
which  stands  at  the  heart  of  the  city  to  minister  to  its 
young  men.  That  building  and  the  great  work  done 
through  it  bear  concrete  testimony  to  the  faith  of  the 
men  who  have  made  Chicago  known  around  the  world. 
Their  loyal  support  of  the  association  through  all  these 
years  bears  like  testimony  to  their  belief  in  Christian 
character  and  their  desire  to  perpetuate  it  in  those  who 
are  to  come  after  them. 

"The    Chicago    association     has    not    wrought    by 

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A  Chicago  Need 


chance,  nor  is  its  present  commanding  position  in  the 
forefront  of  the  moral  forces  of  Chicago  due  to  acci- 
dent. The  presence  of  God  has  been  manifest 
through  all  its  history.  He  seems  to  have  said  to  it, 
'Every  place  that  the  sole  of  your  foot  shall  tread 
upon,  that  have  I  given  unto  you.'  It  is  impossible 
that  an  association  of  young  men  having  the  inspira- 
tion of  such  a  history,  an  experience  so  practical, 
a  position  so  commanding,  a  purpose  so  exalted,  can 
fail.  Thankful  for  its  past,  doubly  thankful  for  the 
opportunities  of  its  present,  it  enters  upon  the  larger 
work  which  God  has  committed  to  its  hands." 

These  are  the  closing  paragraphs  of  the  historical 
sketch  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of 
Chicago  published  two  years  ago.  In  their  spirit  the 
association  has  since  gone  forward  in  the  prosecution 
of  its  growing  work.  It  is  a  condition  of  our  life  that 
the  improvement  of  one  opportunity  opens  the  door  to 
another.  This  truth  the  Chicago  association  has 
again  verified.  The  further  improvement  of  its  oppor- 
tunities has  enlarged  them.  To-day  its  vision  of  duty 
and  possible  service  is  larger  and  more  definite  than 
ever  it  has  been  before. 

The  progress  of  these  added  years  has  been  along 
all  the  lines  of  association  effort.  The  financial  con- 
dition of  the  association  has  been  bettered,  its  work 
extended,  and  its  efficiency  multiplied.  Its  educa- 
tional facilities  have  been  improved;  more  and  more 
are  they  sought  by  those  who  may  profit  by  them. 
Its  athletic  equipment  has  been  increased;  the  splendid 
new  field  at  Ravenswood  is  fast  becoming  the  athletic 
center  of  this  region.  Its  spiritual  forces  have  been 
reinforced;  their  inflluence  never  before  so  pervaded 
the  entire  work. 


Progress  in  its  Solution  19 

The  general,  student,  and  railroad  branches  of 
the  work  have  all  made  substantial  progress  during 
the  past  two  years.  Each  of  these  deserves  a  special 
chapter  to  set  forth  some  account  of  progress  and 
present  condition.  First,  however,  the  metropolitan 
plan  of  organization  should  be  presented  in  outline. 


THE    PLAN    OUTLINED 

The  Chicago  association  comprises  nine  depart- 
ments. These  are,  for  general  work:  The  Central, 
West  Side,  Ravenswood,  and  Hyde  Park.  For  rail- 
road work:  The  Chicago  &  Northwestern,  Dearborn 
Station,  Pennsylvania,  and  Grand  Trunk.  For  student 
work:  The  Student,  with  branches  in  eighteen  profes- 
sional schools  and  one  affiliated  university  association. 

The  title  to  the  entire  propert}^  of  the  association,* 
now  amounting  in  value  to  §2, 032, 251,  is  vested  in 
a  Board  of  Trustees.  This  board  is  now  composed  of 
twelve  m embers. f 

The  supervision  and  general  management  of  the 
entire  work  of  the  association  is  vested  in  a  Board  of 
Managers.  This  board  is  now  composed  of  twenty- 
one  members. ;|;  It  has  the  advice  and  cooperation  of 
sixteen  advisory  managers. }| 

The  Board  of  Managers  under  the  constitution 
"may  establish  and  maintain  departments,  and  may 
organize  and  discontinue  them  when  it  seems  to  them 

desirable The  departments  shall  be  under  the 

entire  control  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  the  work  of 
such  departments  being  administered  in  detail  by 
a  Committee  of  Management,  appointed  by  the  Presi- 
dent with  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Managers. 
....  The  Board  of  Managers  may  from  time  to  time 

*  See  schedule, /ojA  page  74.  JSee/cj/,  page  51. 

tSee/oj-/,  page  52.  ||  Seeposi,  page  51. 


The  Plan  Outlined  21 

prescribe  general  rules  by  which  the  several  comittees 
of  management  may  be  governed." 

The  Board  of  Managers  maintains  in  the  central 
building  a  general  office,  into  which  the  entire  income 
of  each  department  is  received,  through  which  the 
bills  of  every  department  are  paid,  and  where  the 
books  of  account  and  records  of  the  association  are 
kept  with  a  fullness  and  care  not  excelled  in  the  best 
business  houses. 

General  Secretary  Messer,  a  man  of  rare  qualities, 
thorough  training,  and  great  executive  power,  from 
the  central  office  directs  the  entire  work.  He  is  sup- 
ported by  a  most  efficient  and  faithful  force  of  assist- 
ants and  department  secretaries.*  It  is  safe  to  say 
that  no  more  loyal  or  efficient  executive  force  can  be 
found  in  any  business  house  in  Chicago.  Probably  no 
other  works  so  many  hours  per  week,  performs  such 
varied  duties,  handles  so  much  detail,  and  does  it  all 
at  so  small  an  expense. 

The  entire  management  of  the  association  is  on 
a  strict  business  basis.  Its  methods  and  accounts  will 
bear  the  closest  scrutiny.  They  are  open  to  all  who 
desire  to  know  how  the  trust  committed  to  the 
association  is  administered  and  of  the  business 
standards  which  it  commends  to  the  young  men  of 
Chicago, 

The  paid  membership  of  the  association  on  January 
I,  1900,  was  7,116,  a  net  gain  of  351  over  1898  and  of 
1,184  over  1897.  Of  the  total  membership,  5,351 
regular  members  are  connected  with  the  general 
departments,  1,046  with  the  railroad  departments,  and 
719  with  the  student  department.  Within  the  past 
year  9,391  different  men  have  been  enrolled  as  mem- 

*See/w/,  page  58. 


22  A  Chicago  Need 

bers,  while  a  much  larger  number  have  enjoyed  the 
reading-rooms,  religious  meetings,  entertainments, 
receptions,  and  other  privileges  which  are  open  to  all 
young  men. 

The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago 
is  mindful  of  its  representative  character.  It  is  frankly 
Christian.  It  does  not  apologize  for,  nor  does  it 
defend,  its  faith;  it  seeks  to  make  that  faith  regnant 
in  the  lives  of  men.  It  stands  for  the  common  faith 
of  the  evangelical  churches,  all  of  which  are  repre- 
sented in  its  membership  and  boards  of  management. 
It  is  not  organized  as  a  forum  for  theological  discus- 
sion or  controversy,  but  as  a  force  for  afifirmative 
Christian  effort.  It  is  a  practical  expression  of  the 
real  unity  of  our  faith,  a  point  of  contact  and  coopera- 
tion for  men  of  all  branches  of  the  church. 


GENERAL    DEPARTMENTS 

The  general  work  of  the  association  is  conducted 
at  the  Central,  West  Side,  Ravenswood,  and  Hyde 
Park  Departments.  The  Central  Department,  the 
largest  single  association  in  the  world,  on  December 
31,  1899,  had  3,451  members.  The  West  Side  Depart- 
ment had  479  members,  Ravenswood  454,  and  Hyde 
Park  337  on  the  same  date.  In  addition,  these  depart- 
ments had  544  junior  members,  being  boys  from 
twelve  to  sixteen  years  of  age.  Of  the  total  number 
of  paid  members,  2,355  ^^^  classified  as  active  because 
of  membership  in  evangelical  churches.  The  others 
are  known  as  associate  members. 

All  of  the  activities  of  the  association  are  in  the 
best  sense  religious  in  purpose  and  tendency.  The 
aim  is  to  lead  young  men  into  a  definite  religious  life 
and  into  active  Christian  service.  The  spiritual  sec- 
tion includes  the  agencies  which  are  expressly  employed 
to  this  end.  These  are  religious  meetings  and  Bible 
classes.  The  total  number  of  religious  meetings  held 
in  all  departments  the  past  year  was  2,730,  a  gain  of 
403  over  the  preceding  year.  These  meetings  had 
a  total  attendance  of  92,002  men.  There  were  held 
1,800  evangelistic  meetings,  with  a  total  attendance  of 
86,117,  and  930  Bible-class  sessions,  with  a  total 
of  5,885  in  attendance.  There  were  638  requests  for 
prayer.  The  number  of  men  who  professed  conver- 
sion in  the  rooms  of  the  association  was  289;  of  these 

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24  A  Chicago  Need 

65  were  referred  to  pastors  for  church  membership,  and 
58  are  known  to  have  joined  churches. 

The  association  in  its  religious  work  seeks  to 
emphasize  the  essentials  of  religious  truth,  to  raise  high 
ideals  of  Christian  manhood.  Its  services  are  addressed 
by  many  of  the  leading  clergymen  and  laymen  of  the 
city. 

The  Bible  study  in  the  association  classes  has  been 
greatly  improved  within  the  last  two  years.  It  is  on 
lines  which  have  been  approved  by  many  of  the  lead- 
ing Bible  scholars  in  our  universities  and  theological 
seminaries,  as  well  as  by  many  leading  pastors.  It  is 
scholarly,  evangelistic,  and  spiritual.  It  is  not  beyond 
the  reach  of  those  who  have  not  before  entered  upon 
the  systematic  study  of  the  Scriptures.  It  is  adapted 
to  the  needs  of  the  average  young  man. 

The  methods  of  spiritual  work  employed  by  the 
association  differ  from  those  of  the  evangelist.  Per- 
sistent and  free  from  excitement,  they  are  intended  to 
produce  lasting  results.  They  are  direct,  personal, 
tactful.  They  commend  the  religious  life  to  manly 
men  as  essential  and  inevitable  to  the  highest  man- 
hood. The  religious  work  of  the  Chicago  association 
is  better  organized,  more  skillfully  and  enthusiastically 
directed,  and  more  generall)^  approved  by  the  ministry 
and  churches  than  ever  before. 

The  social  section  provides  receptions,  and  social 
attractions  for  the  members  of  the  association.  There 
was  a  total  attendance  of  22,389  at  these  gatherings 
last  year,  a  large  gain  over  the  preceding  year.  Con- 
stant effort  is  made  to  add  to  the  attractiveness  of  the 
association  buildings.  These  offer  to  young  men 
a  needed  substitute  for  unmoral  club  life.  AH  the 
work  of  the  association  is  social  in  the  best  sense.     It 


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is  a  point  of  social  contact  for  young  men.  This  is 
essential  to  them;  they  get  it  here  under  ennobling 
influences. 

Few  who  arc  not  directly  engaged  in  it  realize  the 
practical  character  and  expanding  influence  of  the 
educational  work  of  the  association.  This  includes 
the  reading-rooms,  lectures,  practical  talks,  and  stu- 
dents' societies  and  clubs.  The  direct  educational 
work  of  the  association  is  mainly  conducted  at  the 
Central  Department,  under  the  name  "Association 
College."  That  this  name  is  not  unduly  ambitious 
is  borne  out  by  the  facts.  Within  last  year  1,647 
students  were  enrolled  in  its  classes.  This  is  a  gain 
of  163  over  the  preceding  year.  Evening  class  ses- 
sions to  the  number  of  2,399,  with  a  total  attendance 
of  33,913,  were  held.  Five  educational  clubs  held  169 
meetings,  with  an  average  attendance  of  13  members. 
The  faculty,  chosen  mainly  from  the  colleges  and  high 
schools  of  the  city,  consists  of  twenty-eight  instruc- 
tors. These  teach  sixty-nine  subjects.  The  business 
department,  with  an  enrollment  of  205  students,  held 
472  half-day  sessions  within  last  year. 

The  students  were  about  equally  divided  between 
those  under  and  those  over  twenty-one  years  of  age. 
They  represented  twenty-one  nationalities  and  one 
hundred  and  thirty-one  occupations.  About  half  of 
them  took  one  study,  one-third  two  studies,  and  one- 
sixth  three  or  more  studies.  More  than  two-thirds  of 
these  students  were  in  the  college  for  their  first,  and 
about  one-quarter  for  their  second  year.  A  few  had 
been  in  longer  than  two  years. 

It  should  not  be  assumed  that  the  students  of  the 
college  pay  but  little  for  the  privileges  which  they 
enjoy.     They  paid  toward  the  cost  of  these  advantages 


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last  year  in  membership  fees  nearly  ^8,000,  and  in 
tuition  fees  $8,01 1  more,  being  in  all  about  $1 6,000 
for  the  support  of  the  association. 

The  quality  of  the  work  done  by  Association  Col- 
lege is  remarkable,  especially  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
most  of  the  students  are  engaged  in  active  occupa- 
tions. More  than  one  hundred  colleges  and  universi- 
ties now  recognize  for  full  credit  association  certificates 
issued  by  the  international  examiners.  Students  of 
the  Chicago  association  received  sixty-six  such  certifi- 
cates last  year. 

The  association  by  means  of  its  educational  work 
renders  a  peculiarly  valuable  service  to  an  increasing 
number  of  young  men.  Many  of  these  pass  out  into 
active  life  with  but  imperfect  training.  They  find 
as  time  passes  that  opportunities  for  advancement  are 
lost  to  them  by  reason  of  their  inadequate  training. 
What  they  need  is  not  preparation  for  a  regular  college 
course,  not  a  training  away  from  the  occupations  in 
which  they  are  already  embarked,  but  a  practical  edu- 
cation that  will  help  them  where  they  are.  There  is 
abundant  evidence  that  Association  College  is  meeting 
more  and  more  efificiently  this  great  demand.  Prob- 
ably no  educational  institution  of  Chicago  does  such 
direct  and  practical  work.  Surely  none  does  so  much 
with  so  small  an  outlay.  There  is  also  considerable 
work  of  like  character  in  all  the  general  departments 
of  the  association. 

The  physical  section  of  the  Chicago  association  also 
does  a  great  and  growing  work.  There  are  five  gym- 
nasiums. That  of  the  Central  Department  is  unsur- 
passed. Within  the  last  year  there  were  1,906  class 
sessions  held,  a  gain  of  one-half  over  the  preceding 
year.     The  total  attendance  was  71,885,  a  gain  of  one- 


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third  for  the  same  period.  Baths  were  given  to  the 
number  of  184,627,  a  gain  of  nearly  18,000.  The  nata- 
torium  was  used  about  43,000  times.  Physical  exam- 
inations reached  the  number  of  1,674.  The  athletic 
field  at  Ravenswood,  the  interdepartment  games,  the 
athletic  meets,  and  the  gymnastic  exhibitions  also 
largely  contribute  to  the  physical  work  of  the  associa- 
tion. All  these  are  conducted  under  the  best  possible 
auspices.  The  work  of  the  physical  section  of  the 
association  has  for  its  aim  the  stimulation  and  direc- 
tion of  the  activities  of  manly  men.  It  is  good  to  know 
that  it  leads  many  of  them  into  the  Christian  life. 

The  general  section  of  the  association  deals  with 
such  miscellaneous  matters  as  do  not  fall  within  the 
scope  of  any  of  the  other  sections.  It  secured  employ- 
ment last  year  for  923  men.  It  directed  nearly  1,700 
strangers  to  respectable  boarding-houses.  By  means 
of  its  advisory  work  many  needy  young  men  were 
helped  on  their  way  back  to  personal  independence. 
Through  the  means  provided  from  a  special  gift, 
a  representative  of  the  association  was  kept  at  work  in 
the  visitation  of  young  men  found  ill  in  the  hospitals  of 
the  city.  This  general  section  also  provides  for  the 
junior  members,  and  secures  the  cooperation  of  effi- 
cient women's  auxiliaries  in  several  of  the  departments. 

The  volume  of  work  increases  from  year  to  year  in 
all  departments  of  the  association.  Good  equipment, 
competent  direction,  and  thorough  organization  pro- 
duce inevitable  results.  These  results  are  not  confined 
to  the  general  departments.  We  shall  also  find  them 
in  the  Railroad  and  Student  departments. 


RAILROAD    DEPARTMENTS 

The  Chicago  association  has  long  realized  the 
importance  of  work  for  railroad  men.  It  now  has  four 
departments  exclusively  devoted  to  this  work.  They 
are  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern,  Dearborn  Station, 
Pennsylvania  Lines,  and  Grand  Trunk  Departments. 
These  had  a  membership  of  709  railroad  men  at  the 
close  of  last  year. 

These  railroad  departments  furnish  rest-rooms, 
reading-rooms,  and  meals  at  cost  to  railroad  men. 
They  also  conduct  appropriate  religious  services  for 
their  members  and  other  railroad  men.  The  Dearborn 
Station  Department  provides  rest-rooms  with  sixty- 
two  beds.  These  were  used  an  average  of  sevent}^- 
seven  times  each  twenty-four  hours  throughout  the 
year.  A  daily  average  of  123  meals  were  served. 
Nearly  6,000  letters  were  written  by  railroad  men  in 
the  roomis  of  the  department  on  free  stationery.  ■  The 
Chicago  &  Northvv'estern  Railroad  Department  has  rest- 
rooms  with  sixteen  beds.  These  were  used  an  average 
of  twenty  times  per  day.  A  daily  average  of  167 
meals  were  served.  More  than  7,000  letters  were 
written  on  association  stationery.  The  Grand  Trunk 
Department  at  Elsdon  rendered  like  services  to  rail- 
road men  at  that  isolated  point.  The  Pennsylvania 
Lines  Department  was  closed  last  year  for  extensive 
improvements.  It  was  opened  early  this  year,  and  is 
doing  a  large  and  growing  work. 

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The  railroad  departments  are  supported  partly  by 
membership  dues  and  charges  to  the  men  for  beds  and 
meals,  and  partly  by  contributions  from  the  railroad 
companies.  The  receipts  at  the  Chicago  &  North- 
western for  the  year  1899  were  from  the  restaurant 
and  sleeping-rooms  $10, 42^,  from  membership  dues 
$1,455,  ^^'^  from  the  company  and  others  $1,829. 
The  receipts  at  Dearborn  Station  were  from  the  res- 
taurant and  sleeping-rooms  $13,225,  from  membership 
dues  $1,451,  and  from  the  companies  and  others 
$3,151.  The  receipts  at  Grand  Trunk  were  from  the 
restaurant  and  sleeping-rooms  $2,251,  from  member- 
ship dues  $193,  and  from  the  company  and  others 
$3,025.  It  thus  appears  that  these  departments  are 
largely  self-sustaining.  This  work  is  much  valued  by 
the  railroad  companies  and  their  men. 

The  railroad  departments  of  the  association  are 
efficient  parts  of  a  great  and  growing  work  throughout 
the  country.  Railroad  officials  are  everywhere  turning 
to  the  association  to  administer  for  them  the  appropri- 
ations which  they  willingly  make  to  contribute  to  the 
well-being  of  the  men  who  operate  the  transportation 
systems  of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The  advan- 
tages of  this  cooperation  are  obvious.  It  insures  the 
conduct  of  the  work  on  tried  and  approved  lines.  It 
relieves  the  railroad  companies  from  the  burden  of 
management  for  which  the}^  are  not  prepared.  It  en- 
ables them  merely  to  aid  in  a  work  v/hich  the  men 
themselves  mainly  sustain.  There  are  other  points  in 
and  around  Chicago  where  this  work  for  railroad  men 
is  needed.  New  opportunities  in  this  direction  now 
confront  the  Chicago  association. 


STUDENT   DEPARTMENT 

The  city  of  Chicago  has  become  an  educational 
center.  It  is  the  seat  of  two  great  universities  and  of 
more  than  a  score  of  technical  and  professional 
schools.  There  are  to-day  more  students  in  the  pro- 
fessional schools  of  Chicago,  in  all  about  7,000,  than 
in  those  of  any  other  American  city.  In  a  recent 
3^ear  their  students  represented  forty-six  states  and 
territories  and  twenty-six  foreign  countries.  It  is  the 
purpose  of  these  schools  to  provide  for  technical  edu- 
cation, to  train  the  minds  of  their  students,  and  equip 
them  for  professional  lives.  They  do  not,  indeed  can- 
not, provide  for  the  moral  training  of  their  students. 
Whatever  shall  make  for  character  and  moral  worth 
must  be  supplied  by  other  agencies. 

The  Chicago  association,  realizing  the  vast  influence 
of  professional  men  and  the  importance  of  high  ideals 
of  character  among  them,  in  1890  organized  its  stu- 
dent work  to  bring  association  influences  to  bear  upon 
the  student  life  of  the  cit3^  This  department  now 
has  under  its  control  regularly  organized  college  asso- 
ciations in  eighteen  professional  schools,  as  follows: 

Armour  Institute  of  Technology 
Bennett  Medical  College 
Chicago  College  of  Dental  Surgery- 
Chicago  College  of  Law- 
Chicago  Homeopathic  College 
Chicago  Law  School 

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Student  Department  31 

Chicago  Manual  Training  School 
Chicago  Theological  Seminary 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons 
Dunham  Medical  College 
Hahnemann  Medical  College 
Hering  Medical  College 
Illinois  School  of  Dentistry 
McCormick  Theological  Seminary 
N.  U.  Medical  and  Pharmacy  Schools 
N.  U.  Dental  School 
N.  U.  Law  School 
Rush  Medical  College. 

The  University  of  Chicago  association  is  also  affili- 
ated with  the  department.  Each  of  these  associations 
has  its  own  officers  and  committees,  chosen  from  the 
students.  Each  collects  its  own  fees,  and  directs  its 
own  work,  subject  to  the  general  control  of  the  depart- 
ment. 

This  department  is  strongly  organized.  All  of  its 
constitutent  associations  are  represented  on  its  com- 
mittee of  management,  some  of  them  by  leading  pro- 
fessors. The  institutions  represented  usually  furnish 
rooms  for  the  exclusive  or  occasional  use  of  the  asso- 
ciations. The  local  work  is  mainly  conducted  by  vol- 
unteers and  at  small  expense.  The  total  membership 
at  the  close  of  last  year  was  719,  a  gain  of  177  over 
the  preceding  year. 

The  work  of  the  Student  Department  is  yet  in 
its  beginnings.  The  foundations  have  been  laid  for 
a  great  work  among  men  who  are  especially  subject 
to  temptation.  Many  of  them  are  from  the  country 
or  from  the  smaller  cities  and  towns.  Just  free  from 
the  restraints  and  encouragements  of  home  and  friends, 
they  find  themselves  in   a  community  so  vast  that  it 


A  Chicago  Need 


can  take  little  account  of  indvidual  conduct.  Vice  in 
its  most  attractive  form  appears  on  every  hand  to  lure 
them  from  the  path  of  rectitude.  It  is  the  purpose  of 
the  association  to  meet  them  in  the  gate,  to  maintain 
among  them  the  highest  ideal  of  Christian  manhood, 
to  preach  to  them  that  none  may  with  impunity  sin 
even  for  a  season,  to  lead  them  to  see  that  the  Chris- 
tian life  is  necessary  and  inevitable  to  men  who  would 
contribute  their  lives  to  the  onward  progress  of  a  divine 
order.  Such  is  the  great  opportunity  of  the  Student 
Department  of  the  Chicago  association,  such  is  the 
inspiring  task  to  which  it  has  set  its  hand. 


A    LOOK   AHEAD 

A  work  so  vast  as  that  of  The  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  of  Chicago  cannot  stand  still.  Further 
growth  is  the  law  of  its  life.  Its  every  achievement 
opens  the  door  to  a  new  opportunity.  It  has  more 
and  more  become  a  great  public  institution.  Its  work 
is  neither  temporary  as  to  need  nor  of  indefinite  char- 
acter. The  association  is  securely  founded  for  per- 
manent work.  It  is  to  be  regarded  from  two  points  of 
view,  that  of  the  individual  young  man  who  seeks  its 
door  and  that  of  the  community  at  large.  To  the  man 
it  is  a  means  of  personal  growth  and  culture ;  to  the 
public  it  is  an  institution  of  general  influence  and  use- 
fulness. Its  service  to  the  one  is  personal;  to  the 
other  it  is  general.  It  thus  has  a  claim  upon  the  one 
for  such  reasonable  payment  toward  its  support  as  the 
average  young  man  can  afford  to  make;  from  the  other 
it  may  expect  whatever  else  is  required  to  enable  it 
most  efficiently  to  meet  its  opportunities  as  a  public 
institution. 

The  Chicago  association  is  more  and  more  recog- 
nized by  public-spirited  men  and  women  as  an  institu- 
tion which  deserves  their  generous  support.  This  is 
indicated  by  the  fact  that  last  year  it  received  five 
bequests  from  persons  none  of  whom  when  living  were 
its  members  or  financial  supporters.  It  is  hoped  that 
these  bequests,  aggregating  ^44,000,  may  be  invested 
for  purposes  of  endowment. 

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34  A  Chicago  Need 

The  association,  properly  to  meet  its  widening 
opportunities,  must  plan  for  the  future.  To  this  end 
it  should  have  large  financial  contributions.  Among 
its  immediate  needs  are  the  following: 

First. — Increased  annual  subscriptions,  as  well  as 
an  endowment  of  $200,000  for  the  general  work  of 
supervision  and  extension  which  is  immediately 
directed  by  the  Board  of  Managers. 

Second. — Subscriptions  to  the  amount  of  $50,000 
to  pay  all  but  the  bonded  indebtedness  on  the  central 
building. 

Third. — Contributions  to  the  amount  of  about 
$4,000  to  pay  off  the  balance  of  the  floating  debt 
of  the  West  Side  Department;  also  contributions  to 
the  amount  of  $20,000  to  discharge  the  debt  of  the 
Board  of  Managers,  which  has  accumulated  because 
of  the  inability  of  certain  departments  in  years  past  to 
pay  their  way. 

Fourth. — The  sum  of  at  least  $75,000  for  a  building 
for  the  Dearborn  Station  Railroad  Department.  Also 
funds  and  annual  subscriptions  with  which  to  start  and 
maintain  railroad  departments  at  Twelfth  Street  Sta- 
tion and  South  Chicago. 

Fifth. — The  sum  of  $100,000  for  a  building  for  the 
Hyde  Park  Department. 

Sixth. — Funds  sufficient  to  establish  an  association 
clubhouse,  with  rooms,  restaurant  service,  parlors  and 
other  social  features  for  from  one  hundred  to  five 
hundred  employed  men,  members  of  the  association. 
Such  a  Christian  home,  when  once  established,  would 
be  self-sustaining.  It  would  save  many  homeless 
young  men  from  evil  associations. 

Seventh. — Funds  with  which  to  establish  and  endow 
a    rescue     department.        This     requires     a     building 


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equipped  with  dormitories,  restaurant  and  other  fea- 
tures to  meet  the  temporary  needs  of  unemployed  and 
transient  young  men.  No  membership  fees  should  be 
charged.  Sleeping  accommodations  and  meals  should 
be  furnished  temporarily  at  low  rates.  By  means  of 
religious  services  and  an  employment  bureau  many 
young  men  might  be  helped  at  the  moment  of  their 
greatest  need. 

Eighth. — The  sum  of  ^150,000  for  student  dormi- 
tories, to  be  located  near  the  leading  professional 
schools  of  the  city.  These,  when  established,  will  be 
self-sustaining. 

Nintli. — The  sum  of  $50,000  to  endow  the  work  of 
supervision  in  the  Student  Department. 

Tenth. — The  sum  of  $100,000  for  the  endowment 
of  Association  College.  Nowhere  would  this  sum  go 
so  far  in  practical  educational  work. 

Such  are  some  of  the  immediate  needs  of  the  Chi- 
caofo  association.  The  new  lines  of  work  for  which 
they  would  provide  are  such  as  it  is  peculiarly  quali- 
fied to  administer.  Contributions  for  these  purposes 
cannot  be  secured  too  soon.  The  association  with 
confidence  appeals  for  the  means  with  which  to  meet 
its  growing  opportunities.  It  asks  not  for  charity;  as 
a  great  educational  institution  it  appeals  for  such 
measure  of  support  as  shall  enable  it  to  discharge  its 
public  functions. 

The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago 
rejoices  in  its  forty-two  years  of  accomplished  service 
for  young  men.  Placed  at  a  strategic  point,  it  has 
fairly  met  more  than  merely  a  local  need.  To-day  it 
has  intimate  and  vital  relations  with  the  association 
work  of  the  world.  Indeed,  those  who  know  most  of 
its   general   influence   through   the    Chicago   Training 


36  A  Chicago  Need 

School,  the  Secretarial  Institute,  the  important  asso- 
ciation monthly  known  as  "Men,"  and  other  general 
agencies  regard  that  influence  wellnigh  as  important 
as  its  local  work.  Thankful  for  what  it  has  been  led 
to  achieve,  the  Chicago  association  faces  its  growing 
opportunities  with  high  purpose  and  renewed  zeal. 
With  the  continued  support  of  those  who  realize  the 
value  of  Christian  manhood,  it  will  strive  to  do  its  part 
in  meeting  the  greatest  of  Chicago's  needs. 


APPENDIX  A 

Inaugural  Address  of  Hon.  James  H.  Eckels,  Pres- 
ident OF  The  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion OF  Chicago,  February  6,  1900. 


INAUGURAL   ADDRESS 

I  trust  the  guests  of  the  evening  will  pardon  me  if 
I  consume  more  time  in  my  introductory  words  than 
properly  belongs  to  one  who  presides  upon  such  an 
occasion.  My  excuse  for  doing  so  rests  in  the  wish  to 
express  in  a  public  way  my  sincere  appreciation  of  the 
gracious  act  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
of  this  city  in  conferring  upon  me  its  presidency,  and 
to  give  voice  to  some  thoughts  which  I  hope  may  in 
a  measure  at  least  add  to  its  strength  and  efficiency 
as  a  power  for  good  in  this  community. 

The  compliment  is  the  more  highly  prized  because 
I  am  called  to  an  office  which  throughout  the  many 
years  since  the  organization  of  the  association  has 
enlisted  the  service  of  men  of  marked  ability,  high 
Christian  character,  and  signal  fidelity  to  the  duties 
attaching  to  the  position.  All  these  men  can  survey 
the  work  they  have  accomplished  with  a  full  degree 
of  satisfaction  and  rest  content  in  a  knowledge  of  the 
good  which  they  have  performed  in  their  relations 
with  their  fellows.  They  have  left  to  me  the  easier 
task  of  taking  up  the  work  at  a  point  where  complete 
and  perfect  organization  exists,  where  definite  ends  to  be 
attained  have  been  determined  upon,  and  the  broader  lines 
of  what  the  association  must  really  stand  for  laid  down. 

Within  a  period  of  but  little  more  than  half  a  cen- 
tury the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  as  such 
has  gained  for  itself  a  position   in  the  world  of  affairs 

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in  many  respects  beyond  that  of  any  one  or  of  all  dis- 
tinctive church  organizations.  The  citizen  whose 
view  is  but  that  of  a  superficial  inquirer  now  readily 
acknowledges  it  as  an  agency  for  good,  while  the 
thoughtful  investigator  of  its  aims,  its  endeavors,  and 
its  accomplished  results  can  well  insist  that  it  easily 
ranks  first  among  the  many  societies  formed  for  the 
betterment  of  young  men.  Its  spirituality  finds 
expression  in  a  Christianity  that  is  hemmed  in  by 
neither  sects  nor  creeds.  It  has  regard  for  the  essen- 
tial basis  and  truth  of  each,  and  from  all  it  draws 
a  willing  support  and  to  all  it  renders  with  equal  cheer 
aid  and  comfort. 

SALVATION    OF    YOUNG    MEN 

Its  announced  great  principle  is  "the  salvation  of 
young  men,"  and  I  can  imagine  nothing  that  can  more 
appeal  to  the  people  of  the  great  city  of  Chicago  than 
such  a  platform.  The  well-being  of  the  city,  state, 
and  nation  rests  in  the  accomplishment  of  the  object 
of  its  existence,  for  only  in  "the  salvation  of  young 
men"  from  the  evils  which  tempt  them,  and  the 
strengthening  of  them  in  the  higher  attributes  of  char- 
acter, can  they  attain  to  a  citizenship  which  is  mindful 
that  the  public  good  is  based  upon  private  virtue. 

COMPLEMENT  OF  HOME  AND  CHURCH 

This  association  is  the  necessary  complement  of  the 
home  and  church  in  the  work  to  be  done  to  make 
young  men  what  they  ought  to  be  as  factors  in  the 
larger  duties  which  come  to  them  as  they  enter  upon 
a   fuller   manhood.     In   no   sense   does    it   try   to,    or 


Inaugural  Address  41 

should  it,  supplant  the  well  directed  teachings  of 
a  godly  home  or  a  godly  church.  It  but  makes  more 
efficient  the  earlier  precepts  of  both  to  those  who  have 
been  fortunate  enough  to  enjoy  them,  and  grants  to 
those  ignorant  of  such  blessings  a  protecting  care  which 
must  mean  in  their  lives  the  difference  between  failure 
and  success,  bad  citizenship  and  good.  The  efforts 
put  forth  in  its  behalf  and  the  support  rendered  it 
ought  not  to  be  confined  to  the  few.  The  work  it 
does  and  the  comprehensive  view  it  takes  of  the  needs 
of  young  men  warrant  the  many  in  giving  liberally  of 
time  and  money  to  make  still  wider  the  territory  of 
its  occupancy  and  the  sphere  of  its  influence.  It  does 
not  restrict  the  work  of  aiding  young  men  to  a 
spiritual  sense  only,  but  mindful  that  healthy  lives, 
careful  habits,  proper  physical  development  and  mental 
training  are  all  contributing  factors  in  making  well 
balanced  men,  men  knowing  and  discharging  aright  the 
duties  of  a  responsible  citizenship,  it  cares  for  all  these 
things  as  well.  A  better  Christianity  and  a  better 
manhood  grow  from  a  proper  care  of  mind  and  body 
than  from  their  neglect,  and  appreciative  of  this  fact 
every  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  which 
accomplishes  the  best  results  cares  for  both.  The 
association  which  has  done  and  is  doing  so  much  for 
this  city  has  its  school  and  gymnasium  side  by  side 
with  its  place  of  prayer,  and  through  the  pathway  of 
the  former  is  willing  entrance  made  to  the  latter. 

IT    IS    PRACTICAL 

I  do  not  doubt  but  that  there  are  very  many  in 
Chicago  who  know  of  the  splendid  schools  and  gym- 
nasiums maintained  by  the  association  of  this  city,  but 


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there  are  many  who  do  not.  All  ought  to  know  the 
scope  of  the  undertaking,  for  from  such  knowledge 
would  come  a  greater  generosity  and  a  heartier  God- 
speed. The  fact  that  everything  it  undertakes  is 
practical  in  character  and  yet  always  mindful  of  the 
higher  and  better  things  of  life,  must  appeal  to  every 
man  of  affairs  who  can  and  will  appreciate  the  need  of 
such  an  agency  in  Chicago's  business  life.  Its  foster- 
ing care  makes  better  clerks  in  stores,  better  laborers 
in  great  factories,  better  employes  in  great  railway 
systems.  No  young  man  comes  within  the  circle  of 
its  endeavors  without  having  a  higher  regard  for  the 
truth,  a  better  understanding  of  the  need  of  faithful- 
ness in  service  to  his  employer,  and  a  more  watchful 
care  of  every  interest  intrusted  to  his  keeping.  It 
makes  for  those  qualities  of  a  Christian  manhood 
which  eliminate  cant  and  hypocrisy.  It  points  the 
way  to  a  manhood  of  generous  regard  toward  the  mis- 
fortunes of  others  and  a  willingness  to  aid  in  every 
good  work. 

GOOD  GOVERNMENT  AND  GOOD  MEN 

I  know  something  of  the  needs  of  the  public  serv- 
ice, and  I  know  something  of  the  needs  of  the  world 
of  business  affairs.  The  quality  of  manhood  demanded 
for  both  is  essentially  the  same.  In  a  country  wholly 
democratic  in  every  feature,  men  of  integrity,  of  char- 
acter, sincerity  of  purpose,  and  purity  of  individual 
lives  are  a  prerequisite  to  stability  in  government  and 
commerce.  There  cannot  be  anywhere  good  govern- 
ment without  good  men,  neither  can  there  be  honesty 
in  business  undertakings  without  honest  men.  The 
criticism  which   can  justly  be  passed  upon  our  men  of 


Inaugural  Address  43 

affairs  is  a  too  frequent  ihdifference  on  their  part  to 
the  fact  that  good  and  honest  men  do  not  come  into 
such  an  estate  without  being  in  early  life  surrounded, 
guarded  and  drilled  in  the  things  conducive  to  good- 
ness and  honesty,  I  believe  in  the  doctrine,  rightly 
interpreted  and  understood,  that  each  man  is  "his 
brother's  keeper."  I  would  apply  it  with  especial 
force  to  every  employer  of  men  in  a  city  wherein  are 
gathered  the  forces  of  evil,  making  the  first  temptation 
as  attractive  as  the  last  is  repulsive.  He  is  "his 
brother's  keeper,"  and  the  denial  of  the  fact  finds  in 
more  than  one  instance  fruition  in  disaster  to  the 
employer  and  disgrace  to  the  employe.  The  keenest 
business  sense  recognizes  such  conditions,  and  when 
conversant  with  the  objects  of  such  an  organization  as 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  grants  to  it, 
upon  the  theory  of  self-protection  in  many  instances, 
if  you  please,  a  generous  support. 

A    BLUNDER    WORSE    THAN    A    CRIME 

The  greatest  business  houses,  the  largest  employers 
of  labor,  the  best  systematized  railway  corporations 
have  seen  the  direct  benefits  of  interesting  themselves 
in  the  things  which  affect  their  men  outside  their  hours 
of  labor.  They  know  that  a  "Doctor  Jekyll  and  Mr. 
Hyde"  character  in  any  employe  is  not  compatible  with 
good  service,  that  a  night  of  debauchery  and  lowered 
self-respect  does  not  3neld  a  day  of  faithful  employ- 
ment and  high-minded  ambitions,  and  knowing  this, 
it  would  be  "a  blunder  worse  than  a  crime"  to  deny 
aid  to  those  who  are  willing  to  do  the  work  of  lessen- 
ing the  city's  evils  by  providing  places  of  clean  resort 
and  environments,  which  bespeak  Christian  virtues  and 


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manly  sentiments.     They   must  be  interested  in  their 
employes  beyond  the  mere  service  of  them  to  them 
selves  or  that  service  will  be  faulty  and  unfair. 

IMPROVEMENT  AND  BETTERMENT  FUND 

The  appeal  which  the  Young  Men's  Christin  Asso- 
ciation from  time  to  time  makes  to  the  business  men 
of  Chicago  is  not  and  ought  not  to  be  regarded  as  an 
appeal  for  charity.  It  is  instead  the  asking  for  an 
expenditure  on  the  part  of  those  to  whom  the  request 
is  addressed  as  legitimate  to  the  furtherance  of  their 
business  enterprises  as  that  which  is  incurred  for  police 
and  fire  insurance  or  any  other  outlay  which  has  regard 
for  the  protection  and  preservation  of  their  property 
interests.  It  is  as  essentially  legitimate  and  yields  as 
much  return  as  the  very  money  paid  to  the  employe 
himself.  Of  necessity  it  must  be  made  to  make  of 
best  effect  such  payment.  In  short,  it  is  a  sum  which 
ought  to  be  set  apart  each  year  as  an  "improvement 
and  betterment  fund,"  and  the  man  who  fails  to  give 
heed  to  the  call  of  the  association  after  once  being 
made  acquainted  with  its  merit,  makes  so  grave  an  error 
as  to  reflect  upon  the  soundness  of  his  business  judgment. 

I  wish  to  urge  with  all  the  force  I  can  command 
this  view  of  the  whole  question  of  what  interest  shall 
be  taken  by  the  business  men  of  Chicago  in  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  of  this  city.  The  interest 
taken,  the  encouragement  given,  the  money  contributed 
for  the  making  more  widespread  its  work  is  a  benefit 
to  themselves  through  aiding  those  with  whom  so  much 
of  their  welfare  is  associated.  I  beg  of  them  that  they 
will  investigate  and  see  and  know  what  has  been  done 
in    the    past,  what   is   being   done   in   the   present,  and 


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what  is  proposed  to  be  done  in  the  future  of  this  asso- 
ciation for  the  keeping  within  the  paths  of  rectitude  the 
thousands  of  3'oung  men  who  must  needs  have  some 
encouragement  and  some  safeguards  outside  of  their 
daily  business  surroundings. 

BASIS    OF    SUPPORT 

We  bestow  with  liberal  hand  upon  schools  and  col- 
leges to  care  for  those  who  have  the  time  and  means 
to  gain  a  scholastic  education,  but  there  are  on  every 
hand  young  men  who  have  neither  the  time  nor  money 
to  devote  exclusively  to  books,  and  yet  must  carry 
large  responsibilities  in  our  world  of  politics  and  busi- 
ness. Who  will  dare  gainsay  the  equal  importance  of 
affording  to  these  an  opportunity  of  making  their  lives 
as  successful  and  their  contribution  to  the  public  good 
as  valuable  as  those  of  the  more  leisure  class?  It  is 
for  this  class,  less  favored  in  the  many  things  which 
are  deemed  essential  to  fitting  men  to  fill  the  thousand 
posts  of  duty,  that  this  association  stands.  It  is  en- 
titled to  the  good  will  and  generous  support  of  all  who 
are  interested  in  a  business  world  free  from  dishonesty, 
a  city,  state,  and  national  government  resting  upon 
right  and  justice,  and  a  society  in  which  heart  and 
conscience  have  the  commanding  places.  It  asks  aid, 
as  I  have  stated,  not  in  the  name  of  charity,  because 
the  giving  to  it  is  not  an  act  of  charity,  but  of  duty. 
So,  too,  it  bestows  its  gifts  upon  those  who  take 
advantage  of  its  good  offices  not  as  a  charitable  offer- 
ing, but  in  a  manner  that  makes  possible  for  the  recipi- 
ent of  them  not  only  to  still  maintain  his  own  self- 
respect,  but  to  feel  that  for  the  good  done  him  he 
must  in  turn  do  something  for  his  fellows.     In  fine,  it 


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is  an  association  ever  working  out  through  the  prac- 
tical application  of  Christianizing  principles  to  the 
affairs  of  daily  life  "the  improvement  of  the  spiritual, 
physical,  intellectual.and  social  condition  of  young  men." 
I  do  not  believe  it  possible  to  overestimate  the 
beneficial  effect  of  surrounding  young  men  with  influ- 
ences which  tend  to  give  them  a  true  appreciation  of 
what  the  responsibilities  of  manhood  are,  nor  is  it  pos- 
sible to  underestimate  the  danger  to  themselves  and 
to  their  associates  by  permitting  them  unrestrained  to 
imbibe  pernicious  teachings  and  fall  upon  evil  ways. 
The  remedy  for  public  evils  lies  in  applying  the  cure 
to  the  individual  citizen,  not  in  a  wholesale  application 
to  the  masses  without  regard  to  personal  effect. 
When  we  have  educated  the  man  to  be  faithful  in  the 
discharge  of  his  public  and  private  obligations,  we 
need  to  give  the  aggregate  mass  neither  thought  nor 
concern,  for  the  virtue  of  the  one  stands  characteristic 
of  the  virtue  of  the  many. 

AS    ESSENTIAL    AS    ENACTED    LAW 

I  have  little  faith  in  the  good  which  is  born  of 
either  enacted  law  or  happy  chance,  but  I  have  much 
in  that  which  flows  from  education  in  and  personal 
application  of  certain  great  principles  founded  upon 
eternal  truth.  It  is  the  failure  to  teach  these  truths, 
to  draw  clearly  the  distinction  between  right  and 
wrong,  and  make  the  personal  application  of  them, 
that  gives  us  in  too  many  instances  an  unthinking,  not 
to  say  a  dishonest  citizenship.  I  would  individualize 
the  citizen  and  impress  upon  him  through  every  agency 
of  education — religious,  moral,  and  scholastic — that  he 
has    a   distinct   individual    interest    in    makingf   for  the 


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good  or  evil  of  the  country's  politics,  social  and  busi- 
ness condition,  and  that  to  shirk  it  is  to  prove  himself 
unworthy  of  the  high  privilege  wherewith  he  is  clothed. 
I  would  have  this  done  not  after  years  of  neglect,  but 
throughout  all  the  years  when  character  is  developing 
and  habits  of  life  are  being  formed.  There  is  no 
period  when  it  is  safe  to  withdraw  the  influences  of 
good  from  a  boy.  They  should  be  with  him  from  the 
earliest  years  until  he  is  well  advanced  in  his  young 
manhood.  I  would  supplement  the  home  training, 
if  it  has  been  good,  and  try  to  rectify  it  if  bad,  with 
that  of  the  church  and  school,  and  then  to  these  would 
add  the  saving  grace  of  associations  of  Christian  char- 
acter founded  to  direct  young  men  in  true  Christian 
manliness.  With  a  citizenship  thus  grounded  in  reli- 
gious and  civic  virtue,  I  am  sure  there  can  never  come 
disgrace  or  destruction  to  the  republic. 

One  of  the  country's  greatest  daily  newspapers 
recently  declared  "The  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation" to  be  "the  greatest  of  our  religious  organiza- 
tions outside  of  formal  church  lines."  I  am  certain 
that  all  who  know  of  the  good  it  accomplishes  will 
hold  this  estimate  to  be  just.  But  they  must  also 
agree  that  it  is  just  because  it  is  an  organization  built 
upon  the  teachings  of  the  Christian  religion.  Let  us 
not  in  the  broadening  of  its  work,  reaching  through 
many  material  channels  those  upon  whom  it  confers 
its  benefits,  forget  this  overshadowing  fact.  Its  draw- 
ing to  its  side  the  man}^  great  influences  of  the  business 
world  is  but  another  tribute  to  the  majesty  of  the 
Christ  power  among  the  sons  of  men.  It  is  but  ampler 
proof  of  that  power  which  beyond  all  else  in  the  last 
analysis  must  work  out  both  the  temporal  and  spiritual 
salvation  of  mankind. 


APPENDIX  B 

Organization,  Statistics,  and  Other  Information 
Concerning  The  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation OF  Chicago. 


PRESENT   BOARD   OF   MANAGERS 

N.  S.  Davis   Jr.  A.  R.  E.  Wyant        W.  H.  Holcomb  A.  E.  Wells 

E.  Dickinson  W.  P.  Sidley  E.  P.  Hailey 

J.W.  Midgely      James  H.  Eckels     Leverett  Thompson 
A.  B.  Mead  H.M.Hubbard     Arthur  Heiirtlev     E.B.Smith       H.M.Starkey 

John  V.  Farwell,  Jr.  W.  I.  Midler  J.T.Richards  Charles  C.  Hyde 


THE 


Young  Men*s  Christian  Association 

OF   CHICAGO 


ORGANIZATION  FOR  1900 

OFFICERS  AND  MANAGERS 


James  H.  Ecke 
w.  h.  holcomb, 

First  Vice-President 
Edward  P.  Bailey, 

Second  Vice-President 

L.  Wilbur  Messer, 
Henry  M.  Hubbard 
Arthur  Heurtley 
John  V.  Farwell,  Jr. 
N.  S.  Davis,  Jr. 
Edwin  Burritt  Smith 
W,  I.  Midler 
John  T.  Richards 


LS,  President 
Edward  Dickinson, 

Treasurer 
Horace  M.  Starkey, 

Recording-Secretary 
General  Secretary 

A.  E.  Wells 

A.  B.  Mead 

Leverett  Thompson 

William  P.  Sidley 

A.  R.  E.  Wyant 

J.  W.  Midgley 

Chas.  C.  Hyde 


ADVISORY  MANAGERS 


John  C.  Grant 
Arthur  D.  Wheeler 
Robert  Quayle 
R.  J.  Bennett 
John  B.  Lord 
W.  J.  Prindle 
George  A.  Gilbert 
C.  R.  Holden 


D,  W.  Potter 
O.  W. Jones 
W.  S.  Hall 

E.  H.  DeGroot,  Jr. 
Clifford  W.  Barnes 
David  Baker 
Thomas  Templeton 
Frederick  T.  West 


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BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

A.  L.  COE,  President 
G.  Lane,  E.  G.  Keith, 

Vice-President  Treasurer 

John  V.  Farwell,  Jr.,  Secretary 
Cyrus  H.  McCormick  James  L,  Houghteling 

C.  C.  KoHLSAAT  James  H.  Eckels 

N.  W.  Harris  Gwynn  Garnett 

R.  J.  Bennett  John  C.  Welling 


COMMITTEES  OF  MANAGEMENT 

CENTRAL  DEPARTMENT 

Frederick  T.  West,  Chairman 
N.  M.  Jones  L.  C.  Penfield 

Frank  Milligan  John  R.  Case 

George  L.  Wrenn  Franklin  W.  Ganse 

Ralph  H.  Booth  G.  H.  Middlebrook 


HYDE  PARK  DEPARTMENT 

John  B.  Lord,  Chairman 

G.  E.  HiGHLEY  A.  R.  Clark 

F.  J.  Smith  O.  L.  Smith 

R.  W.  Hall  C.  W.  Bird 

Robert  Johns  W.  R.  Mitchell 

Charles  L.  Keller  Thomas  D.  Huff 

Edward  S,  Cole  A.  M.  Belfield 

A.  W.  Harris  Thomas  McCall 
A.  H.  Parker 

STUDENT  DEPARTMENT 
Dr.  W.  S.  Hall,  Chairman 

FACULTY    MEMBERS  STUDENT    MEMBERS 

Dr.  A.  Blackwood  R.  M.  Johnston 

S.  W.  McCaslin  J.  Willman 

Dr.  J.  J.  Tobias  W.  A.  Hemingway 

Dr.  F.  N.  Brown  E.  A.  Layton 

Dr.  F.  B.  NoYES  H.  C.  Thomas 

Prof.  Geo.  L.  Robinson  T.  A.  Dungan 

Prof.  E.  T.  Harper  W.  J.  Pollock 

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FACULTY    MEMBERS 

Dr.  Truman  W.  Brophy 
Dr.  B.  M.  LiNNELL 
Dr.  D.  A.  K.  Steele 
Prof.  T.  E.  D.  Bradley 
Prof.  E.  D.  Seaton 
Dr.  F.  E.  Thornton 
Dr.  Sheldon  Leavitt 
Prof.  Wm.  T.  McClement 
Prof.  C.  C.  Hyde 


student  members 
Chas.  Petran 
S.  M.  Fegtly 

N.  W.  MacChesney 

E.  E.  COPPLE 

R.  E.  Walker 
W.  H.  Watterson 
O.  E.  Glick 

B.  M.  Van  Cleave 
L.  P.  Kraft 

J.  F.  Strickler 

C.  M.  Paden 


RAVENSWOOD  DEPARTMENT 

R.  J.  Bennett,  Chairman 

W.  L.  Wood  J.  Y.  Sawyer 

A.  E.  Ziehme  J.  W.  Eldridge 

Louis  Proesch  E.  M.  Clark 

Geo.  a.  Van  Dyke  J.  T.  Dixon 

P.  W.  Gray  F.  W.  Meyer 

W.  S.  Gates  E.  W.  Zander 

D.  P.  Brown  C.  S.  Terry 

William  Dunbar  C.  R.  Barnhard 


WEST  SIDE  DEPARTMENT 
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W.  H.  Snow 
J.  B.  Carter 
J.  A.  Wendell 
P.  Bird  Price 


R.  HoLDEN,  Chairman 

H.  L.  Parmalee 

A.  E.  Wells 
M.  McLeod 

B.  C.  Prentice 


PENNSYLVANIA  LINES  DEPARTMENT 
W.  J.  Prindle,  Chairman 


Committees  of  Management  55 


CHICAGO  &  NORTH-WESTERN  RY.  DEPT. 

RoBT.  QuAYLE,  Chairman 

H.  D.  Kelby  E.  W.  Pratt 

H.  HORDER  N.  ErICKSON 

F.  Guth  E.  I.  Elmendorf 

B.  Mitterling  W,  C.  Tullock 

A.  J.  Farrelly  Daniel  Miller 
George  Reed  M.  W.  Bennett 
S.  B.  Uenison  Jas.  E.  Orr 
Jas.  Holt  A.  L.  Tucker 
George  Wagstaff  George  Boam 

B.  Litzenberger  F,  M.  Stevens 
F.  W.  Dauncey  W.  O.  Parmalee 
H. Shank 


DEARBORN  STATION  DEPARTMENT 

E.  H.  DeGroot,  Jr.,  Chairman 
C.  C.  Nash  C.  J.  Windsor 

W.  P.  Fox  R.  S.  Gibson 


GRAND  TRUNK  RY.  SYSTEM  DEPARTMENT 

This  Department  is  temporarily  under  the  direct  administra- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Managers. 


ATHLETIC   FIELD   DEPARTMENT. 

Henry  M.  Hubbard,  Chairman 
H.  D.  Abells  G.  a.  Sellar 

C.  H.  Blatchford  T.  D.  Huff 
O.  E.  Granberg  W.  T.  Hart 

J.  P.  Sprague  Ralph  Treadway 

D.  Paul  Brown  M.  H.  MacLean 

The   Department    Secretaries   and    Physical    Directors    are 
advisory  members  of  this  committee. 


SECRETARIES  AND  ASSISTANTS 

BOARD  OF  MANAGERS 

General  Secretary, L.  Wilbur  Messer 

Assistant  General  Secretary,         -        -         Walter  T.  Hart 
Assistant  Secretary, L.  B.  MoORE 

CENTRAL  DEPARTMENT 

Department  Secretary,       -        -        -        -  J.  F.  Oates 

Assistant  Secretary,       -        -        -        .  Arthur  B.  Dale 

Assistant  Secretary,  -        -        -        -        -  W.  B.  Millar 

Assistant  Secretary,       ...        -  H.  H.  Pollard 

Assistant  Secretary, A.  L,  Burnett 

Religious  Work  Director,      -        -        -  Frederick  White 

Educational  Director,        -        -        -        -  W.  M.  Wood 

Assistant  Educational  Director,    -        -  A.  C.  Fry 

Physical  Director, George  W.  Ehler 

Assistant  Physical  Director,  -        -        -  A.  B.  Wegener 

Assistant  Physical  Director,      -        -        -  C.  S.  Stewart 

HYDE  PARK  DEPARTMENT 

Department  Secretary,      -        -        -        -     P.  C.  Atkinson 
Physical  Director,  -        -        .        -         W.  F.  Bender 

RAVENSWOOD  DEPARTMENT 

Department  Secretary,      -        .        -        -     George  H.  Hauser 
Physical  Director,  .        -        .        -         L.  O.  Gillesby 

WEST  SIDE  DEPARTMENT 
Department  Secretary,       -        -        -        -     B.  B,  Wilcox 
Assistant  Secretary,        .        .        -        -  C.¥.  Nevius 

Physical  Director,      -----     Harry  Booth 

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PRESENT   ADVISORY    MANAGERS 


W.  J.  Prindle 
Arthur  D.  Wheeler 
Clifford  W.  Barnes 
John  C.  Grant 
D.  W.  Potter 


E.  H.  DeGroot,  Jr. 
David  Baker 
W.  S.  Hall 
Frederick  T.  West 
G.  A.  Gilbert 


R.  J.  Bennett 
O.  W.  Jones 
C.  R.  Holden 
Robert  Qiiayle 
J.  B.  Lord 


Secretaries  and  Assistants  57 

STUDENT  DEPARTMENT 
Department  Secretary,      -        -        .        -     W.  J.  Parker 

RUSH    MEDICAL   COLLEGE 

Secretary, 

NORTHWESTERN   UNIVERSITY    MEDICAL   SCHOOL 

Secretary,  C.  E.  Boys 

CHICAGO  &  NORTH-WESTERN  R.  R.  DEPARTMENT 

Department  Secretary,      ....     William  Cook 
Assistant  Secretary,       ....         George  E.  Hiatt 

DEARBORN  STATION  RAILROAD  DEPARTMENT 

Department  Secretary,  -  -  -  -  J.  M.  Dudley 
Assistant  Secretary,  ....  E.  L.  Bowman 
Assistant  Secretary,  -        -        -        -        -     E.  K.  Smith 

GRAND  TRUNK  RAILWAY  SYSTEM  DEPARTMENT 
Department  Secretary,      -        -        .        .     N.W.Miller 

PENNSYLVANIA  LINES  DEPARTMENT 

Department  Secretary,      -        -        -        .     A.  O.  Tabor 
Assistant  Secretary,       ....         William  Kennedy 

ATHLETIC  FIELD  DEPARTMENT 
Manager, Edwin  T.  Sherman 


MEMBERSHIP 


Annual — ^ 
98        1899 

3.451 

479 


Departments  189S 

Central 31362 

West  Side 522 

Ravenswood 350  454 

Hyde  Park 306  337 

Englewood 127  — 

Chicago  &  North-Western-    375  348 

Dearborn  Station 254  300 

Pennsylvania  Lines 42  * 

Grand  Trunk  Railway 36  61 

Student 542  719 

Junior 363  544 

Life 411  373 

Contributing 75  50 

Total 6,765  7,116 


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SPIRITUAL  SECTION 


No.      Attendance 

Evangelistic  meetings 1,460      87,099 

Bible  Class  sessions 867        7,690 


Total 2,327      94.789 


No.      Attendance 
1,800       86,117 
930  5,885 


2,730       92,002 


Men  professing  Christ 392  289 

Referred  to  pastors  for  church  membership 74  65 

Joined  Evangelical  churches 45  58 

Requests  for  prayer --  638 

♦This  department  was  closed  the  larger  part  of  1899  for  improvements  to 
building. 

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Membership  59 


PHYSICAL  SECTION 

1S98  iSgg 

Number  of  Gymnasiums 5  5 

Attendance 53.323  71,885 

Baths 167,463  1 84,627 

Attendance  at  Natatorium  (Central  Department)-  37,254  42,872 

Physical  examinations i>507  1,674 

EDUCATIONAL  SECTION 

1S98  1S99 

Number  different  students  in  evening  classes 1,484  1,647 

Number  recitations 3,635  3>i75 

Total  class  attendance 31,491  33,9 '3 

Day  Department  (Central)  number  students 181  205 

Lectures  and  entertainments 30  36 

Attendance 18,468  16,960 

Practical  talks 56  58 

Attendance 2,254  3,116 

SOCIAL  DEPARTMENT 

1S9S  1899 
Average  daily  attendance  at  rooms  of  all  depart- 
ments   2,828  3,091 

Receptions  and  socials  held 58  96 

Attendance 9.017  22,389 


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C.  C.  Kohlsaat  A.  L.  Coe  E.  G.  Keith 

Gwynn  Garnett  James  L.  Houghteling  Albert  G.  Lane 

James  H.  Eckels  John  C.  Welling  John  V.  Fanvell,  Jr. 


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FINANCIAL  NEEDS 


FOR   CURRENT   EXPENSES 


General  Floating 

Work  Debt  Total 

Board  of  Managers $15,000  $21,000  $36,000 

Central  Department 10,000  16,000  26,000 

West  Side  Department 5,000  4,000  9,000 

Hyde  Park  Department 2,500             2,500 

Ravenswood  Department 1,000  1,000  2,000 

Student  Department 2,000             2,000 

PROPERTY    DEBT 

Central  building $627,500 

West  Side  building 6,000 

Pennsylvania  Lines  R.  R.  Department  building.-- _       3,000 

Englewood  Department 10,000 

EXTENSION 

New  building  for  Hyde  Park  Department $100,000 

New  building  for  Dearborn  Station  Department 75,ooo 

Student  buildings 150,000 

Building  for  Rescue  Department 150,000 

Building  for  Association  Dormitories 200,000 

Endowment  for  Board  of  Managers  in  work  of  supervision 

and  extension 200,000 

Endowment  for  evening  educational  work 100,000 

Endowment  for  supervision  Student  Department 50,000 


ASSOCIATION  PROPERTY 

VALUE 

Association  building  and  land $1,897,451 

West  Side  building  and  land 75,ooo 

Chicago  and  Northwestern  building  and  land       27,000 

Pennsylvania  Lines  building  and  land 12,000 

Englewood  building  and  land 15,000 

Grand  Trunk  building 5,800 

Total §2,032,251 

INCUMBRANCES 

Association  building $627,500 

West  Side  building 6,000 

Pennsylvania  Lines  building 3,000 

Englewood  building 10,000 

Total $646,500 

Net  equity $1,385,751 


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EMPLOYED   OFFICERS 

W.  J.  Parker  Frederick  White 

James  F.  Oates  P.  C.  Atkinson  Walter  T.  Hart  N.  W.  Miller 

George  W.  Ehler  L.  Wilbur  Messer  Walter  M.  Wood 

A.  O.  Tabor  L.  O.  Gillesby  J.M.Dudley  B.B.Wilcox 

George  H.  Hauser        W.  B.  Millar  W.  Cook  Harry  Booth 


BEQUESTS 

The  Young-  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago 
has  within  two  years  received  the  following  bequests: 
From — 

John  Quincy  Adams,         -            -            -  $10,000 

Capt.  John  L,  Davis  (estimated)       -            -  17,500 

Morris  Cone,           .            .            .            -  1,000 

Leonard  Gould,           ....  10,000 

James  Craigmile,   -            -            -            -  500 

Silas  B.  Cobb,              ....  5,000 

These  generous  bequests  testify  to  the  growing  con- 
fidence in  the  permanence  and  usefulness  of  the  asso- 
ciation. It  is  hoped  that  these  sums  can  be  set  apart 
for  endowment  purposes. 

Those  who  contemplate  making  provisions  in  their 
will  for  public  uses  are  urged  to  generously  remember 
the  needs  of  the  association.  To  this  end  the  follow- 
ing form  may  be  used: 

^^  I  give  ajid  bcqtieath  to   The   Yoimg  Mens  Christian 

Associatio7i  of  Chicago  the  sum  of  $ ,  to  be  paid  from 

my  estate  i?t  due  course  of  adininisirationy 


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TREASURER'S  REPORT 

RECEIPTS 

1898  iSgg 

Balance  on  hand  January  ist $  1,062  82       $   *79  04 

Association  Building — 

For  interest,  charges,  etc. 30,906  43       30,300  00 

Special  subscriptions  on  debt 3,00000 

Sale  of  securities 16,08871 

West  Side  Department  property — 

Special  subscriptions  on  debt 100  00         

For  interest  charges 15000         

Pennsylvania  Lines  Department  property — 

Rebate  on  insurance 1500         

Appropriation  from  Company  for  repairs  —     2,000  00 

Proceeds  of  mortgage 2,42100 

From  Committee  of  Management 23330 

Reynolds  Missionary  Fund^ — 

Income  from  investment 2,50000         2,50000 

Rebate  on  paving _     118  20 

Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  Department 
property — 
From  Committee  of  Management  on  debt —     321  84 

Grand  Trunk  Railway  Department  property — 

Appropriation  from  Company  for  building --      3,621  60         1,00000 
Appropriation  from  C.  N.  Y,  &  B,  Ref.  Car 

Co. 25000         

Subscription  from  a  friend 50000         

Subscriptions  from  railroad  employees 156  50  43  50 

Englewood  Department  property — 

For  interest  charges 30000         

Total $39,562  35     $57,947  51 

♦Overdraft. 


Treasurer's  Report  75 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

DISBURSEMENTS 


1899 


Association  Building — 

Interest  on  bonds $30,000  00     $30,000  00 

Interest  on  certificates 1,20000         1,20000 

Annuity  charge 60000  21835 

On  debt  account 35643        18,48929 

West  Side  Department  property — 

Commissions  on  collections 2500        

Interest  on  mortgage 15000         

Insurance 7000 

Pennsylvania  Lines  Department  property — 

Architect's  fees 5000        

Payments  on  contracts  for  repairs 2,70500 

Reynolds  Missionary  Fund — 

Salary  and  disbursements  of  city  missionary 

per  conditions  of  bequest 1,80008         1,91385 

Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  Department 
property — 
Balance  on  building  contracts 32690         

Grand  Trunk  Railway  Department  property — 

Construction  of  building  and  furnishing 4,52496  41978 

Englewood  Department  property — 

Interest  on  mortgage 60300  601  50 

Insurance 15000 

General  items 502        

Balance  forward  December  31 *79  04         2,179  74 


Total $39,562  35      $57,947  5^ 

*  Overdraft. 


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